A diary of my creative experiences.

November 2013

11/23/2013

Last month I dyed silk using leaves from my eucalyptus tree and rose bushes, one pot I used had some rust so I have a dark grey piece, and the other pot was stainless steel so I got my light golden browns. I cut a panel from the first piece of silk and placed an off center panel on the other piece and then hand stitched around the leaf shapes. I add some leaves made from organza and silk.

My intent was to convey the concept of leaves falling to the ground and becoming leave litter and finally decomposing.

11/10/2013

I have always had a fascination for shell and they have featured in two of my quilts. This time I wanted to incorporate shibori into my next design. I received help in doing this from Margaret Barnett and I appreciate the time she took to help me on my way. I have used Landscape dyes on Dupion silk and taffeta. My concept was to have spiderwebs along one side with the shell on the other, it took awhile to get the right combination. I had embroidered the spiderwebs and shell and machine quilted the background.